Had to change my rating from four stars to three. The story is wonderful and refreshingly original, but I had forgotten how passive the voice was, howHad to change my rating from four stars to three. The story is wonderful and refreshingly original, but I had forgotten how passive the voice was, how many unneeded exclamation points there were, and how unnecessarily cryptic the older characters could be about certain plot points, all of which were irritating and got in the way of the story. Enjoyable, but I would have preferred to see more polished writing, although to be fair, the problems I noticed may have been the fault of the translator....more